- 6.6/10223 votes
#1 - The Last Hunt (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/26/2018
A mutilated corpse is found during a forest hunting party and it seems the victim was the heir to a family fortune. As Niemans and Camille question his immediate circle, his sister is also targeted.
Director: Ivan Fegyveres
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 6.7/10174 votes
#2 - The Last Hunt (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/2018
Niemans and Camille are put on the track of a curse that is rumoured to be placed on the sons of the Von Geyersberg family. But are the rich clan really the victims or is there a killer among them?
Director: Ivan Fegyveres
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 7.1/10196 votes
#3 - The Day of the Ashes (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/2018
In a wine-growing region at harvest time, a battered corpse is discovered under rubble when a vault collapses during the renovation of a chapel, destroying a fresco. Was it an accident or foul play?
Director: Julius Berg
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 7.3/10151 votes
#4 - The Day of the Ashes (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/3/2018
When Niemans obtains X-ray images of the damaged frescos, they provide further insight into the case, but does a missing fragment from the biblical scenes portrayed hold the key to the killer?
Director: Julius Berg
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 7.1/10173 votes
#5 - The Children's Crusade (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/10/2018
When two men discover the severed hand of a child, Niemans and Camille find the local police distracted by the case of a serial killer armed with a rifle. Can they find clues at a children's home?
Director: Olivier Barma
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 7.3/10141 votes
#6 - The Children's Crusade (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/2018
Two more people are shot dead, in the cemetery: a married couple who took in foster children. But a quotation from an ancient tale about an ill-fated group of children on a memorial provides a clue.
Director: Olivier Barma
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 6.9/10191 votes
#7 - Song of Darkness (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/17/2018
Niemans witnesses the death of a monk named Brother Guillaume who utters the words 'the sword and the snake' with his dying breath and has the palm of his left hand burned to hide a mysterious tattoo
Director: Ivan Fegyveres
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
- 7.1/10152 votes
#8 - Song of Darkness (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2018
It seems the monks believe they have discovered sinister secret messages in the ancient music they've been studying. As Camille and Niemans get closer to the truth, they encounter a satanic sect.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jean-Christophe Grangé
The Best Episodes of The Crimson Rivers Season 1
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Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.
Genres:CrimeMystery
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Last Hunt (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Crimson Rivers" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 223 votes. Directed by Ivan Fegyveres and written by Jean-Christophe Grangé, it aired on 11/26/2018. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Last Hunt (2)".